questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that students who are (a) not in school and (b) not in school regularly have access to support from (i) their school, (ii) the local authority and (iii) a virtual head.
answerText: Regular attendance at school is vital for children’s education, wellbeing and long-term development. The department’s new attendance guidance makes clear that attendance is everyone’s business, and that the department expects schools, trusts and local aut...
heading: Pupils: Absenteeism